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P. W. CARPENTER. TOY HORSEAND WAGON.

No. 244,433,. Patehted July 19,1881. I

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS W. CARPENTER, OF HARRISON, NEW YORK.

I TOY HORSE AND WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,433, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed June 15, 1881. (No model.) 7

pins on one part to enter holes in the other part, which are riveted. The cross bearer above the axle is cast with stanchions and with downward projections, through which the axle passes, and when there are two axles to the toy wagon the front bearer rests upon an-arm at the pivot or king bolt, and there is an extension perch and side bars connected with the front bearer and passing through the rear bearer, so that the box of the wagon or other articles that are drawn about on the wagon can be tied to such bars. This toy horse and wagon are strong and convenient and adapted to being taken apart for packing, and the peculiarities of construction will be more fully 2 5 set forth herein.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the horse and wagon. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section atmc through the horse. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the front 0 axle and bearer, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the back axle and bearer.

The horse a is made in two parts, cast of the proper size and shape and hollow. These parts may be similar to those set forth in my Pat- 5 out No. 234,534; but on one part there are studs 2, that are cast, and these are in such positions that when the halves of the horse are placed together the studs pass through holes cast in the other part of the horse. These parts are of malleable cast-iron, and the studs are riveted up to hold the halves of the horse firmly'together. The horse is pivoted upon the wire 3, that passes through it and also through the ears upon the shafts b b. The

4 5 shafts extend back to the bearings c c for the front axle d, upon which axle are the wheels f. One of the shafts, I), is provided with a downward projection, e, that receives through it the axle of the wheel h, that is provided with a o crank or crank-pin and connection, It, to the headpf the horse, as in my Patent No. 241,188.

At the rear of the shafts is an arm or bolster, l, with a hole for the vertical king-bolt i, and upon this bolster rests the cross-bearer m, having stanchions a at the outer ends with heads at their upper ends. These stanchions serve to keep in place the wagon-body or any other article that may rest upon the crossbearer. The heads retain cords, that may be tied around the stanchions. The stanchions a of the cross-bearer 0, at the back of the wagon, are made with heads and are for the same purpose as the stanchions n. The crossbearer 0 has downward projections 4, through or into which pass the axle p, at the ends of which are the wheels q.

The rod 1 forms a perch for the wagon. The front end enters a boss, 6, that projects at the rear side of the front bearer, m. The said perch is fastened to the boss 6 by a pin, 7, that passes through it and the boss, and the perch passes freely through a hole in the back bearer, 0, and there are holes at intervals through thisperch for a pin to be inserted that prevents the back bearer slipping off. I also provide sidebars, t, with hooked front ends, that pass into recesses in the top surface of the bearer m and through holes therein, so that the top surfaces of the bars t are on a level with the cross-bearer, or nearly so, and these rods pass through horizontal holes in the back bearer,.0. There are also to be eyes at Sin these bars t, so that cords or strings can be attached tothem and brought over the load that is upon the wagon totie the same down. This construction allows for the toy wagon being taken apart, and for its use by children in various ways that tend to amuse and instruct.

I claim as my invention- 7 1. Atoy horse cast in two halves and united by one or more pins that are cast in one of the halves and pass through a hole or holes in the other half and are riveted up, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a toy horse, of castmetal shafts at each side of the horse, having at their rear ends axle-bearings and downward projections e beneath the shafts, and a wheel or wheels, h, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a toy wagon, of a cross-bearer having downward projections for the axle formed in one piece of cast metal, an axle connected with or passing into or through such downward projections and wheels, substantially as set forth.

4. The cross-bearer, downward projections, and stanchions for a toy wagon, of one piece of 5 metal, substantially as set forth.

5. In a toy wagon, the combination, with the bearings c c for the axle and shaft 1), or a tongue, and the arm or bolster Z and kingbolt, of a cross-bearer and stanchions of one 10 piece of metal, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a toy wagon, of a rod or perch, a metal cross-bearer at the front end, to which the perch is connected, and a metal cross-bearer at the rear wheels, substantially 15 as set forth.

FRANCIS W. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

HAROLD SERRELL, WILLIAM G. MoTT. 

